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What is Lambrusco? Discover it all over again with Venturini Baldini
Lambrusco was never meant to be the sugary, low-quality wine that we see getting warm under the lights of a corner shop. It was always meant to be dry and crisp, made from low-yield grapes. Venturini Baldini have been making this premium style of Lambrusco since the 1970s. High in the hills of Emilia, their grape yields are a quarter of those from vineyards in the flat lands below and they use organic and minimal intervention techniques to produce low sulphite, low antihistamine, authentic Emilian wines.
Terrazas de Los Andes: The search for freshness in Mendoza
“When you’re in Mendoza, you decide who you want to be when you look at where you plant your vineyards,” Herve Birnie-Scott muses. Thirty years ago, this winemaker from the Loire decided what he wanted Terrazas de Los Andes to be, despite being a bold move away from Argentinian wine at that time.
Wednesday Wine Women: Miria from @cecchi_winery
After a period as a volunteer in the environmental sector, Miria Bracali followed her instinct and embraced her innate passion for wine. Miria graduated in Chemistry and began her career in wine, starting work at one of the most authoritative companies on the Italian wine scene: Casa Vinicola Cecchi @cecchi_winery. There, she took on roles with increasing responsibility and now she is the Winery Technical Director and Production Manager.
Wednesday Wine Women: Marlize Beyers from @brucejackwines
Marlize is a South African winemaker who lives in Ontario. She splits her time between making wines for @brucejackwines and @thedriftestate in South Africa, consulting in California, Chile and Spain with her wine consulting company, Resolute Wine Works, which she operates with Bruce Jack, and living in Ontario!
Bruce Jack Wines
Bruce Jack is the fastest growing winemaker-owned South African brand and Bruce Jack, as a person, is that winemaker. As the head winemaker at Accolade (Kumala, Fishhoek and Hardy’s), Bruce has seen the big brands from the inside, but now he’s focusing on his own, one that truly aligns with his values.
KWV - South Africa’s Proud Pioneers
The first wines from South Africa were made 360 years ago from the French Muscadelle grape and in the centuries that followed, the country experienced a rollercoaster of success and failure. First came fame all over Europe in the late 1600s, then over production followed, then politician isolation, and – finally – a commitment to high quality winemaking and global embrace. KWV have been with the industry for over 100 years now and were initially formed to defend and protect farmers. In 1928, the developer of the Pinotage grape, Professor Abraham Izak Perold, joined KWV and became responsible for the experimentation of new cultivars and improving quality control.